Vending-machine.



R.,DE B ER'SAQUES. vENnmG MAc'HmE. APPucmo mfp muze. 191s.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916;

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/NVEN [0R Romain De Beraayaea WITNESSES:

mm 'unusual n L R. DE BERSAQUES'.

'vENmGvMAcHmL APPLICATlON FILED IAN. 26.11915.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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/lvl/E/vof? Romain eersayuea W A TTOR/VE Y W/ TNESSES.'

:mms um@ me who msmawnkn c ROMAIN DE BERSAQUES, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

vENmivGLMAciiINE.

Application filed January 26, 1915.

ing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented .a cerltain iiew and useful Improvement in `Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification. My inventionfrelaites to improvements in coin-controlled vending machines, and the object of my improvement is to provide a simple and efficientmachine embodying a receptacle` for articles of merchandise togetherl with mechanism that is adapted to be actuated to permit the emission of one of such. articles from such receptacle to make it accessible to purchaser when such purchaser drops a coin of required value within ajchute thatforms a part of such mechanism. -AvI attain this object by devices illustrated' in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a structure embodying my invention with its front wall removed; Fig. 2 is a view of the .same in vertical section on broken line ai', of Fig. 1, with said front wall in its position; Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section on broken line y, y of Fig. 2, showing internal partsof my invention and Fig. 4 is van enlarged fragmentary view in vertical sectionV on broken line a, 2 of Fig. 3, of details ofmy invention. l

` Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the accompanying drawings whe'rein I have illustrated my invention as embodied -in a cylindrical structure preferably of sheet metal within which is rotatably mounted a drum that is subdivided interaplurality of -compartments by radiallya: disposed partitions, each of such compartments being adapted to have an article of merchandise that is to be offered for sale stored therein, such drum being adapted to be automatically rotated through an angley vequal to the angle between two of. its ad,

jacent radial partitions in response to the insertion of a coin in such machine to make accessible one at a time the articles of merchandise contained therein.V

Referring to the drawings 5 is a cylindrical casing within which is disposed the operating and dispensingmechanism of my vending machine anc 6 is a cover plate that is adapted t0 cover the entire front side of the casing 5. such cover plate being preferably of glass Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

serial No. 4,443.

to permit the purchaser to see the articles stored therein and being removably' secured to the casing 5 whereby access to the inside of the machine may be freely had. for the purpose of refilling such machine when its stock of merchandise is sold out.

.Within the casing 5 and concentric therewith is a rotatably mountedpackage carrying device consisting in a flat disk 7 that is provided with a concentrically disposed outwardly projecting drum 8 `of smaller diameter than such disk 7 and with a plurality of partitions 9 that are secured thereto and extend radially outward, like the spokes of a wheel, from the drum 8 to the periphery of the disk 7 coaet with such disk 7 and the cover plat-rij and form compartments, as more clearly shown in Fig. 1, within which may be stored articles -of merchandise, as bags 10 of salted peanuts or candy that are to be sold, such bags 10, when the package carrying device is rotated, dropping downwardly through a slot 11 in the casing 5 into a lower open compartment 12 from which the articles may be removed one at a time by the purchaser and the package carrying device being controlled by mechanism hereinafter described whereby it may be rotated sufficiently to drop one of the bags 10, only, by the insertion of a coin of a required value.

The disk 7 is journaled on a fixed shaft 13 that is secured to the back face of the casing 5 and projects forwardly therefrom, such shaft 13 also serving as a bearing shaft for a rotatably mounted sleeve 14 within the enlarged inner end 15 of which is disposed a flat spiral springr 16 one end of which is secured to the sleeve 14 by a screw 17 and the other end of which is secured to the disk 7 by a pin 18 whereby the spring 16 may be wound up like a clock spring by holding the disk 7 and turning the sleeve 14, such spring then being adapted to exert a force to turn the disk 7 when the sleeve -1 is locked in a fixed position.

` For the purpose of winding tli'e spring 16 andlocking it to the shaftV 131 have provided on the end of the sleeve 14 'a fixedly secured thumb nut 19 by which such' sleeve 14 may be turned and onthe end of the shaft 13 a fixedly secured ratchet wheel 20 that is adapted to be engaged by a spring pressed pawl 21 on the thumb nut 19 to pei'- mit such thumb nut 19 and the sleeve 14 to be turned in one direction and to prevent them from being turned in an opposite direetion whereby stress may be brought on i the spring 16 to turn the disk 7, there being v secured to the outside surface of the disk 7 concentrically disposed toothed. escapement wheel22 that is engaged by an escapenient pawl 23` asmore clearly shown in Fig.y

. 3 whereby thedsk 7 may turn only-.when

the Vwheel 22: is released by the pawl 23, whereby such wheel 22 is released by thepawl 23 onlyv momentarily to lpermit the quntil a downward pressure is exerted on a thrust arm 28 to force such coin downwardly past the arin 27 and move such arm to one side thus lifting the end 29 of the pawl 23 and permitting the "wheel 22 and the d isk 7 to move sufficiently lt0 release one of the bags 10, the coin 24e following the chute 25 downwardly as :will be clearly unV derstood from an inspection of Fig. 3, and dropping in `a coin receivingv tray v30 provided i-n a receptacle 3l exteriorly of the casing '5, which tray 30 may beea'sily removed by turning a key 32 in a lock33, such lock 33 being adapted to lock the tray 30 the cover plate-G to thevc'asing 5, as shownv in Fig. 2. A cross wall 34 is provided in the drum .8 near the. outer end thereof such ycross wall beingconcentrically journaled on the sleeve 14 thusserving to A:lil'supp'ort the outer end of the package discharging mechanism on the plate l7.

The front side of the coin chute 25 is open, as .shown inl Fig. 3, and the top end v site the end 29, a curved surface 3.3 that eugages with a vtooth of the wheel to depress the end 29 as soon as the wheel 22 begins to move and cause such end 2S) to engage with the tooth next adjacent to the one it released when the coin 2i was thrust downwardly thus permitting the wheel 22 to travel only the distance between two adjacent teeth each time it released. there' being further provided a spring pressi-d pawl 33, as shown in Fi 3, to prevent the escapement wheel fliioni being turned backward.

vThen in use my vending machine is secured to a fixed support in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, and bagslO :or other articles of merchandise are inserted in l theseveral spaces between the partitions 8, the spring 16 is then tightly wound by, turni ing the thumb nut 19 and the cover is sc cured thereon. i

'If a coin 24, as a nickel tive cent piece, .is 75 'inserted in ythe slot 2 6 and allowed to drop downwardly against tlie-aiin 27,` as shown i Fig. 3,anl the thrustarmQS is vpushed f downwardly to forcethe coin 24 past'the arm 27 such arm 27 will be inoved out- S0 wardly and will cause the pawl 22. to 'rc-V lease the tooth of the fivheet22vith`which itis enga ed thus permitting the spring 1G torota'te t e wheel 22 and the disk 8Qtlirofnghv y a distance equalto one division of the disk '8. 7 or to the distance vbetween two adjacent partitions the pawl .Zi-engaging the next adjacent tooth of the-scapenientwheelj-22 'j and sto'ppingthe disk' "before niorefthan one be? lisjftcted.; i

vlilariifestly changes-` in-'tli'e details vand "the form of constructir'm oitN the vaiiou'sv-.Apants' embodied inl inyv-vending.;machine -iiiavbewlA made without departing V`froi'njthe-spirit'oll Y my inventiongor sacrificing aiiyfoi" itsadf` \"anti 1.,ies.'4 if Ai 'In-a vending machine' o f`t l ie class' le-ff scribed, a casing provided wit'lra'noutlet f opening iii'one side- 'tliereof, afcariier rotaI tably mounted' witl'i'iiijsaid casingji shaft. supported at oneof'its ends 'and upoiiwliii-li; the carrier is mounted, said carrier .lu-ing' divided into a plurality of separate comA partments. a sleeve journalcd ou sail.\lial`i. a housingr formed ou oueend of: said .sha-w. a hand springr within 'the housing'secured al one end to said sleeve land secured :it i# other cud to said carrier. a paul carried bv said sli-eve aud` a -raii'hct carried b v `aid. shaft adapted to be operati-l lo plm-- llu-` .spvingumlcVlt-iisiou.aud wrap-nient lia-elia i iiism associated with l.said carrier vhrrvv v the carrier is given a step bystep unive! ment. 1

lu witness lu-rml'. l hereunto subscribe my name this fourteenthda v of .auua D.. i915. Y,

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